History

The American Civil War was the English Civil War. pic.twitter.com/vrX4h3h4J3

— Red 🎸 (@RedLeaderRobby) May 19, 2026

 

An Insight

“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton pictured with Maurice Baring and Hilaire Belloc by Herbert James Gunn [1932] pic.twitter.com/K5Gg43VJzY

— Mark W. (@DurhamWASP) May 19, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

One of the most shockingly underrated masterpieces of the Renaissance is Anthonis Mor’s portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1560), now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

When people see it today, especially in high-resolution pics, they often mistake it for a 19th-century… pic.twitter.com/gExZ9ufIbX

— Muse (@xmuse_) May 19, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

>Black Guy 1 tries to steal White Guy’s bike

>White Guy beats up Black Guy 1

>Black Guy 2 tries to intervene and save Black Guy 1

>Black Guy 1 immediately tries to steal Black Guy 2’s scooter

Toronto is one of the most retarded places in the world.
pic.twitter.com/QhB2erMXbk

— pagliacci the hated 🌝 (@Slatzism) May 19, 2026

 

Data Talks

Over at Substack, @JoshEakle asks: "It's 2026, and I have yet to see an anti-almond farm protest." pic.twitter.com/UZwP7KgPCY

— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) May 19, 2026

 

Scent Caught by Light, 2026 by Elena Wuest

Scent Caught by Light, 2026 by Elena Wuest (Kazakhstan/Germany, 1977 - )

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Each individual misfortune, to be sure, seems an exceptional occurrence; but misfortune in general is the rule.

Well, yes, I suppose so.  From Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer.

If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world for it is absurd to suppose that the endless affliction of which the world is everywhere full, and which arises out of the need and distress pertaining essentially to life, should be purposeless and purely accidental. Each individual misfortune, to be sure, seems an exceptional occurrence; but misfortune in general is the rule.

History

John S. Mill once said: “There are two kinds of wisdom": The 1st “depends on long chains of reasoning.” The 2nd "the wisdom of the ages"... "acquired by experience of life" and expressed as aphorisms "drawn by acute minds in all periods of history from their personal experiences” pic.twitter.com/UcOn4UBQUb

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) May 19, 2026

 

An Insight

Amor Fati: pic.twitter.com/7yAHDEB9h4

— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) May 19, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

We need an illuminated manuscript revival.

1912 illuminated edition by Alberto Sangorski featuring Tennyson’s 1835 poem, “Le Morte d'Arthur”
Adapting the 5th-century Arthurian legend originally compiled by Sir Thomas Malory in 1485. pic.twitter.com/Uew21hagYi

— Bluebell Raven (@BluebellRaven) May 19, 2026